CheAI Research Inc.
Legal name: Cheai Research Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 851646501
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- San Jose, CA, USA
- Rating
- 38
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chemistry, Chemical Engineering
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $89,225
- Expenses
- $68,911
- Assets
- $38,400
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- THINH DUY PHUOC HO (DIRECTOR)
- DUNG HUU VU (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
- HENRY HO (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We look for work whose value shows up outside the institution that produced it. We organize around three programs: free K–12 teaching materials, public tools for AI ethics and verification, and academic research in chemistry, chemical engineering, and agent systems. They share a test. Something has to be usable by a person who was not involved in making it.
What it reported doing in 2024
Our Research and Study Group program aims to guide simple yet meaningful research projects focusing on educational technology even with its tight budget. It is structured around a community-based study group whose members take on the task of identifying and digging deeper into resources available at libraries across the country. The group puts their heads together to uncover the hidden gems in our public libraries - books journals digital assets and more that could provide valuable knowledge about tech in education. The information they glean from these resources forms the basis of their research projects.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0.3%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 22.8%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 96.8%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -66.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 41.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 0.3% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.